Bedstead-fastening



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EAsrMAN R. BALL, lor KALAMAZoo, MICHIGAN.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,731, dated April 4, 1854.

To all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, EASTMAN BALL., of thetown and county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Mode of Fastening the Rails to the Posts of Bedsteads;and I do hereby declare that the, following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a sideelevation of a bedstead; Fig. 2, a sect-ion cut through the center ofone of the posts and a portion of a rail; and Fig. 3, a side view of asection of a post and the sustaining bracket .with its fastening pinsecured thereto.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures.

The nature of iny invent-ion consists in fastening the rails to theposts of a bedstead by means of sustaining brackets a, secured to theposts, and conical fastening pins Z), rising from the outer extremitiesof the said brackets and fitting into conical holes in the under sidesof the rails; the said conical fastening pins, (5,) and the conicalholesin the rails which receive them, being in suc-h positions,respectively, that when the rails are forced down upon the faces of thebrackets, the posts will be drawn inward and be tightly pressed againstthe ends of the rails; and when the rails are slight-ly elevated fromthe faces of the brackets, their fastening will be freely loosened'toallow the bedstead to be taken to pieces. v

Each sustaining bracket a, and its fastening `pin o, l shall generallyhave cast in one piece, of iron, or other suitable metal. The conicalholes inthe rails which receive the coii'ical fastening pins, may besimply formed in the wood by any suitable- Vinstrument. The brackets areintended for the support of the weight of the rails, and the conicalpins rising from the said brackets, to fasten the posts and rails firmlytogether.

What l claim as my invention, and de; sire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Fastening the rails to the posts of a bedstead by means of the combinedsustaining brackets and conical fastening pins (a, 5,) secured to theposts, and the conical holes in the under sides of the rails, arrangedand operating with each other substantially as herein set forth.

E. R. BALL.

Vitnesses GEO. Trios. CLARK, S. lV. TRASKE.

